Good job Rich.I too had a hard time with that one.I had recently got back into the hobby and took a day off work near the end of the expedition.All day with not enough signal to call, then, at 0600z I got him.I felt bad because I could have gone to work that day and still made my QSO.Then, I worked 'em again 2 days later!Frank KG6N

Yeah Frank - thankfully, Martti did his normal excellent job of making sure I got in the log. I remember BS7H just popping up above the noise - it was better than ESP, but during the summer I probably get more "frying pan noise" because of all of these #@$%^ high tension towers in Orinda. There is a giant PG&E power substation / interconnect about 1/2 mile away - with tons of wires and towers spewing out away from it. As I understand it - its a strategic substation for a good part of the Bay Area.

I picked a great QTH for cycling and commuting to work in SF (with great schools) but a terrible QTH for DX-ing - hi hi.

Judging by the geopolitical atmosphere in the region and the extremely high price it costs to activate BS7 I think this one should be deleted. Lets face it, no one is going back to those rocks in this decade and probably not even in the next.

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